Soldering implement.



H. J. GREENE. SOLDERING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1910.

Patented May 10, 1910.

HARRY J. GREENE, OF NORTH BROOKSVILLE, MAINE.

SOLDERING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 141, 191th.

Application filed February 16, 1910. Serial No. 544,215.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. GREENE, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Brooksville, in the county of Hancock, State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SolderingImplements; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to soldering implements, generally known assoldering irons, and has for one of its objects to provide a simplyconstructed implement of this character wherein the head or solderingmember is adjustable to dispose the same at any angle relative to thestock, to facilitate its operation and enable the implement to beemployed in otherwise inaccessible localities.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved device with the headmember disposed at an angle to the stock, Fig. 2 is an elevation withthe sleeve and the actuating mechanism in section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1, Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The improved device comprises a head member 10 of the usual form whichis generally square and pointed at one end, and in the improved devicethe other terminal is provided with a globular portion 11. The stockportion 12 of the improved device is formed in two divided portions 13-11 enlarged into half sockets 15-16 designed to embrace the globularmember 11 from opposite sides and with the portion between the socketsand the members 1311 diverging as shown at 1718. At its opposite end themember 12 is threaded as shown at 19 and engaging the threaded portionof the stock is a clamp nut 20 having a cylindrical portion 21. Themember 20 is fitted in any suitable manner firmly into a hand gripportion 22, as shown. The portions 13-14 of the stock aresemi-cylindrical, and fitting around the stock is a relatively longsleeve 23 having an outwardly diverging portion 24 at one end fittingupon the diverging portions 1718 of the stock member, so that when thesleeve 23 is moved longitudinally of the stock member it will exert acompressing force upon the sockets 1516 and thus clamp the globularmember between them, as hereinafter explained. At its opposite end thesleeve 23 is provided with a milled enlargement 25, having an internalannular cavity 26 fitting over the reduced portion 21 of the nut, asshown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement it will be obvious that when thehandle member 22 with its nut 20 is rotated the stock 12 will be drawninto the sleeve 23 thereby causing the socket members 1516 to be firmlyclamped upon the globular portion 11 of the head, thus holding it firmlyat any desired point to which it may be adjusted. The neck portion 27between the head 10 and its globular portion 11 is of less diameter thanthe distance between the outer terminals of the sockets 1516, so thatthe head may be turned downwardly at right angles to the stock andlikewise rotated upon the globular portion as a bearing or located inany desired intermediate point, and firmly clamped at any point to whichit may be adjusted, as will be obvious, by simply rotating the handle 22and holding the sleeve 23 from rotation by pressure applied to themilled collar or pro jection 25. By this means a convenient implement isproduced whereby otherwise inaccessible parts may be reached with thehead member.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and of any required size and of any suitable material. Theparts are readily separable for renewal or repairs of any impaired orbroken part; and by furnishing a plurality of the heads 10 of differentforms the scope of the implement may be materially increased withoutstructural change in the operating parts.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A soldering implement comprising a stock having aportion divided with confronting socket members at the terminals of thedivided portion, a head having a globular terminal engaged by saidsocket members, a sleeve slidable upon said stock, a handle, and meansoperative by said handle for adjusting said sleeve longitudinally ofsaid stock to compress said socket members upon said globular headportion and hold the head in any adjusted position.

2. A soldering implement comprising a stock having one portion threadedand the remaining portion divided With confronting socket members at theterminal of the di vided portion, a head having a globular terminalengaged by said socket members, a sleeve slidable upon said stock, ahandle, and a nut carried by said handle and engaging the threadedportion of the stock and rotat-ively engaging the sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature, in presence of tWoWitnesses.

HARRY J. GREENE.

itnesses EDMUND L. DAVIS, CHARLES

